Chapter written by Sev
Ruby frowned as she was called by the council. She didn't want Weiss to be assigned a new guardian angel, but it was the law. All the red angel could do was hope that her new guardian would be able to watch over her like she has.
"Ruby?" Pyrrha flew next to her. "Oh no… it's today. Isn't it?" She frowned.
"Yeah…" Ruby sighed as she looked down. "Weiss is fourteen now. Well, the second her new guardian is assigned. Speaking of which…" She looked up at the older angel. "Are you her new guardian?"
"I'm afraid not. I'm here as a witness." Pyrrha frowned. "Her new guardian would be here any second now."
Just as Pyrrha said that, Yang and Blake flew in. The blonde frowned and landed next to her sister.
"Yang…?" Ruby knew that her relationship with her older sister has been tense for a long time, ever since she started dating Weiss, but she only hoped that the four of them being in the same room didn't have anything to do with Weiss.
"Ahem." Ozma stood tall as he looked over them. "Glad to see all of you here. Now let's get down to business, shall we?"
"Lord Ozma, it's good to see that you're doing well." Pyrrha bowed. "May I ask, why are we all here?"
"This is about Weiss Schnee's new guardian." He then looked at Ruby. "Ruby Rose, you are now relieved from your position. Her new guardian is Yang Xiao Long."
Both sister's eyes widened in disbelief at the news. "WHAT?!"
"You heard me. And my decision is final." Ozma looked them over. "I trust that you will be mature about this choice and do your job well."
Yang gritted her teeth and nodded. "Of course, Lord Ozma."
"Lord Ozma! Please wait and reconsider!" Ruby took a step forward. "Yang hated Weiss before! She still hates her now!"
"Ruby, Lord Ozma's words are final ." Yang hated how little Ruby thought of her, but she was right. Even after Weiss died and was reincarnated, the yellow angel hated how much attention Ruby was giving her again. It was bad enough when she was alive, but for it to happen again? There was no promise that she'd do her job properly as a guardian.
Ruby whimpered. "Yang… please . Willow and Winter left Weiss alone with her good for nothing father. And now he's gonna announce that she's gonna be the heir. Weiss is really stressed out. Be her friend. That's all I'm asking. Please ."
"Whatever." Yang waved her off and left.
"Yang!" Ruby whimpered and was about to fly after her but Blake and Pyrrha stopped her. "Ngh… but why?! Yang's not gonna take care of Weiss! You two know this!"
"If it's Lord Ozma's will, then we must follow that rule." Pyrrha warned. "You best watch over Weiss through the mirror. Like you're supposed to."
"But!" The red angel protested. "Yang's not even gonna see her to let her know that her guardian angel is changing! Yang won't even do her job properly!"
Blake placed a hand onto Ruby's shoulder. "Yang will do her job as a guardian angel. You don't have to worry."
Ruby merely whimpered as she relented, moving to watch Weiss through the mirror. "I hope that you're right…"
Weiss jumped from the bed, breathing heavily. She shivered from having a nightmare of where she was under her father's control and forced to marry someone that she didn't care for. How horrible her husband treated her. Worst of all, everyone she truly loved abandoned her.
No, she wasn't his puppet. There was no way that he was going to control her! This was her life after all! And she still had some friends that cared about her… right?
She clutched her shirt over her heart to stop it from hammering within her chest and whimpered as she moved off the bed.
Shaking that thought out of her head, Weiss walked out of her cabin room. Maybe some fresh air would do her some good. After all, tomorrow she'll be facing possible company suitors for the future and she had nowhere to escape. Damn her father for practically trapping her on this cruise ship.
"Ruby…?" She called as she walked towards the side of the ship. Weiss looked around and didn't see the red angel anywhere. "Ruby…? Are you still here?"
You promised… that you'd be there for me. Did you… abandon me as well?
Ruby whimpered as she watched Weiss through the mirror, seeing her call for her. Just seeing the look on her face, she could tell what she was thinking.
"Blake… Yang needs to be there. Now ." Ruby looked towards the black angel.
"Yang's job is to watch over her." Blake crossed her arms. "Ruby, you know that a guardian's job is to watch over the people that they're assigned to. They don't really need to interact with them. You've spent far too much time with Weiss. Just how many rules have you broken for her?"
Ruby frowned. "I know , but it's just…" She looked back at the mirror, still seeing how much Weiss is calling for her. "She worked so hard as an angel before. Now she's working twice as hard as a human."
"She'll be fine." Blake reassured her as she placed a hand onto her shoulder. "It's not like she's going to die while Yang's watching her."
"...I hope you're right." Ruby sighed, unable to shake this nagging feeling she had.
Weiss bit her lip as she gripped the railing. About ten minutes passed since she last called for Ruby and there was no sign of the red angel. Weiss pulled out her pocket watch and frowned at the sight.
"...Happy birthday to me." She chuckled weakly to herself and was about to head back towards her cabin room.
"Hey! Get back here!" A child cried as they ran on board, chasing their friend.
Weiss jumped at the sudden sound, not suspecting kids to be up at this hour and stumbled back against the low railing.
"Gah!" She lost her balance and fell over the railing. "AHHH!"
The white haired child soon hit the water and was disoriented from the impact. After a few moments, she struggled to reach the surface. Thanks to the cruise ship and freezing cold water, she had trouble swimming to the surface.
She could hear her father's voice now. " What have I been paying for your swimming lessons for?!" or " How could you be so stupid and fall off the cruise?!"
Weiss felt her lungs burning, screaming at her to find air as quickly as possible, but she couldn't. No matter how hard she tried, the waves from the cruise cause her to stay under, breathing in some water.
Ruby… please… h-help me...
"Weiss!" Ruby was watching through the mirror and looked at Blake. "What about now ?! Is Yang supposed to just stay watching ?!"
Blake frowned as she watched as well.
"Blake! Please! Tell Yang to go save her!" Ruby pleaded, not wanting to see Weiss die again .
"Even then, I don't think that Weiss's life would be spared." Blake sighed as she looked at Ruby.
Ruby's eyes widened. "Y-You mean… she's supposed to die today?!"
That would explain why they would assign Yang to be her guardian angel. They all knew how well Yang and Weiss got along. Yang could care less if Weiss was safe or not and since they just changed which angel was assigned, Weiss wouldn't know that Yang was watching her. Or supposed to be watching her.
Gritting her teeth, she turned and saw Pyrrha standing in the way with a frown. "Ruby… what do you think you're doing?"
"I'm sorry, but I just can't let this happen!" Ruby argued and was about to fly away but Pyrrha grabbed her arm. "Pyrrha! Let me go!"
"Ruby! This is the last warning! You've broken too many rules! If you go to Weiss now, you'll be stripped of your angel status! You'd never be able to return here!" Pyrrha warned.
Ruby gritted her teeth as she saw Weiss underwater. "My mind's made up!" She stated as she quickly flew past both Pyrrha and Blake who were calling for her.
The red angel was flying towards Weiss as quickly as she could.
I'm coming, Weiss!
Weiss finally surfaced, gasping for breath but her mouth was soon filled with water again. "Ngh… H-Help…!" She weakly cried, barely able to see the cruise ship sailing away due to all the water splashing her face.
Her body was fatigued from struggling to surface and numb from the cold. Was this the end? She looked up at the night sky.
Did you abandon me too… Ruby…?
She closed her eyes and let the waters take her to her cold, watery grave.
"WEISS !"
Weiss slowly opened her eyes, drifting in and out of consciousness. Who was calling her?
" Weiss! Stay with me! Open your eyes! Please!"
Weiss' eyes closed, feeling like lead. Ruby abandoned her. There was no way that the red angel would save her now of all times.
" Weiss! I'm here! Open your eyes! "
Weiss forced her eyes open and saw a blurry image of Ruby swimming towards her. Oh… so she wasn't abandoned. She gave a weak smile, glad to see the red angel before she lost consciousness.
Ruby gritted her teeth as she grabbed Weiss' hand, pulling her close and surfaced as quickly as she could. She brushed the wet hair out of Weiss' face while caressing her cheek.
"Weiss! Please! Wake up!" Ruby called, holding Weiss close and closed her eyes, focusing her magic to teleport them into Weiss' cabin room.
The red angel panted from exhaustion and laid Weiss down, listening for her heartbeat and placed her hands over her chest. Ruby was desperate to resuscitate Weiss and was about to kiss her… only to get spat on the face with water and heard hoarse coughing.
"Weiss!"
Weiss coughed and groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. "R-Ru…"
"Weiss! You're ok!" Ruby smiled as she collapsed onto her chest, holding onto her tightly. "I'm so sorry! I couldn't save you earlier 'cause of some problems up top and I- W-Weiss…?" She stopped her rambling when she felt Weiss' hand on her cheek, pulling her onto her lap.
"An angel… thank you…" Weiss gave her a weak smile and closed her eyes, resting her head against Ruby's shoulder.
Ruby blushed and held onto her closely. "I'm not leaving you… I promise." She frowned as she glanced behind her, feeling a part of her disappearing and sighed. "This is just a small price to pay… but as long as I can be with you, I don't care."
A/N: This is a small project that Dixie (Dreaming-Paradise) or DreamingParadise14 (on Ao3) and I are collabing together. I will state which chapters Dixie wrote and which I wrote (though if I forget, it's usually odd numbered chaps for me and even numbered chaps for Dixie). Updates will be on and off as we're working on our own fanfics, but hope that y'all enjoy!